Since James has Monday and Tuesday off, we decided to take the kids to the Zoo and hope for the best. But it was actually really fun, the kids now a little older, had more interest in the animals. But as usual, Andee just wanted to run in all directions the whole time.
The kids being very cooperative ...
The kids got a kick out of this gorilla that was sleeping right next to the window 
Sorry it has taken me awhile to post these, I've been stuck in bed with the flu. And I didn't get pictures of both kids in their easter outfits so I'm going to wait when Liz does a photo shoot. Plus Sunday morning was quite chilly so Andee didn't want to sit there and take a picture. So anyway, those I will post soon.
Every year James mom's side of the family get together and have lunch then all the grown-ups hide candy in the yard, then all the kids go find it. This year I had my sister and her kids come so it was really fun.
Andee with Addie
Well it's sad to say but this was our first year coloring eggs. And the kids loved it! It took about 5 minutes to color 24 eggs.
Nick's favorite thing was to stick already colored eggs into a different color
Nick showing off his masterpiece 
Their cute eggs
Happy little Nicholas
Sometimes after Andee gets home from school, she's not in the best of moods
Best friends, sporting their new summer hats
Andee's new summer sandals
Nick's new summer sandals 
On our way to the Urgent Care. Nick slipped in the tub and gashed open his chin. This time Floyd took one look at it and said it definitely needed stiches, no super glue this time. And I was so mad at myself since Nick shouldn't have been in the tub, it was 8p.m, so it was past bedtime.
Finally home, after getting 5 stiches. That was the hardest thing I've had to watch. When Nick was getting the numbing done, he was crying out everyones name, Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, it was the saddest thing. But he did very well once it was numb.
Very blurry so you can't really see it, but here's Nick showing off his stiches.
The first thing Nick asks when he wakes up is to watch Cars. Then if he sees his hat, he puts it on, and wears it all day until bathtime. Nick also loves to play with the cars on Grandma's car track.
Nick loves helping me walk Andee down to the bus, so after Andee leaves for school, we get the dogs out and walk around outside for awhile. It's nice to have a break with one less child to have to keep an eye on. Nick loves the outside, if I let him, he would spend all day outside. He loves to walk around pulling his little wagon everywhere he goes. And today was such a pretty day so it's exciting that winter is over finally!
Before.. 2 inch scar.. sorry very blurry, but you can still kind of see it
After... now 3.5 inches...wow this time hurt worse than last time. He poked me on one side, then while the needle is inside, he pokes another 3 times. Then repeats that on the other side. And this time he didn't numb it good enough so while he was putting in the stiches, I could feel all the pokes that were on the outside...yeah so not fun. He's sending the area he cut back into the lab, so let's hope this time it comes back that he got enough off. Because I'm refusing to go through this again. And this happened all because I thought that going tanning was making me look better. After high school I went tanning 7x a week, that's all I could think about. And I just figured that if I was going to get skin cancer, it wouldn't come up until I was 50 or 60 and by then I wouldn't care. But I never thought I could be possibly getting it before I was 25. So to all of you who think tanning is making you look better, and you'll be lucky at not getting skin cancer...it's not worth the risk. And now I'll be stuck with this 3.5 inch scar on my stomach, so no more bikini's for me. 
My new best friend 
Today James took Andee out to go find bugs. She came running inside with her jar full of bugs. She was so excited but then noticed that they were moving inside and threw the jar. Lately the kids have been so obsessed with bugs. If they see a mark on the wall, they yell "a bug!". And then they go around the house pointing to all the "bugs". But when they actually find a real bug they completely freak out. I hope this doesn't mean when Andee grows up she will have an extreme case of bug phobia..hehe.
Andee's jar of bugs. When Nick woke up from his nap he wanted the top to come off, so James took out a snail and put it in his hand and Nick didn't like that very much. He tried to get it off but of course it stuck to his hand so he started freaking out. Very cute, these are the moments I absolutely love. 
I dont know what I was thinking but I didn't clean off his face before the picture. But it's only a cracker, not a booger.
Andee started off with carrying the entire package of her lunch with her and then Max realized what she had and ate it. So she thought this plan would work better. She will put about anything in her little pockets. Marbles, beads, and treats that I have no clue where she found them.
It was still pretty snowy up in the canyon but it was still nice and warm. Well not warm, just not really cold. The picnic tables were all under snow, but we found one that the top and the bench tops were uncovered. We just put the blanket down and sat on top of the table, the kids loved it. Here's Andee being so sweet and helping Nicholas across the bridge, since it was pretty slippery.
James and I
Mary 
